• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m so confused by all 4 of the comments in this thread having poor English, grammar and syntax. I completely get that English isn’t everyone’s 1st language, but very similar errors from four different users in a single comment chain about international affairs just seems kinda sus to me

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      2 months ago

      Which similar errors did you notice? I didn’t see anything specific, but I’m curious

      This space has a larger proportion of non-americans than older social media sites, if that helps explain anything

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        2 months ago

        The similarities are that they’re generic errors, nothing specific. Extra spaces, missing apostrophes, incorrect homophones being used, inappropriate comma usage, missing capitalization. It just seems off in a consistent but subtle way

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          2 months ago

          When it comes to news involving Russia, I assume most people responding to me are Ukrainians using google translate or a similar language translator.